First and Last and Always - Instrumentation

Instrumentation

• Lead guitarist Gary Marx used a hired Telecaster for the album sessions. On earlier recording he had used a Shergold guitar. His silver-black Gibson Les Paul he used only for live concerts in The Sisters of Mercy. Marx: „As dumb as it may sound to people who play guitar, I hardly ever played chords with The Sisters - I didn't know how.“ On the song "Marian" he used an EBow.

• Rhythm guitarist Wayne Hussey used a twelve string Aria Pro II RS-800.

• Bassist Craig Adams used an Ibanez Roadster bass. Adams: „It's always been my policy to play as few notes as possible. That's what I've always stood for.“ On the song "A Rock and a Hard Place" the bass part was played on a synthesizer.

• For the album sessions the band had acquired a new drum machine, an Oberheim DMX. Hussey: „If we wrote a song it would take us three fucking days because we had to program the drum machine.“